Amoeba Music

The history of Guinea’s most hallowed musical group must be viewed in the political and cultural context of that African nation’s achievement of independence. When France’s President Charles de Gaulle offered its African colonies the choice of independence, Guinea’s newly-elected President, Ahmed Sékou Touré, seized the opportunity. Touré famously told De Gaulle “We prefer liberty in poverty to riches in slavery.” As the first French African colony to choose independence, they suffered the considerable wrath of a vengeful empire. France immediately ceased all economic support, destroying infrastructure and even going so far as to remove every light bulb from the government offices. The newly independent nation... Read More

Genre:

World, Africa, Guinean

City Of Origin:

Conakry, Guinea

Formed Date:

1961